Blog for 10/30
Yesterday was a whirlwind day. I woke up early to pouring rain. I did the anti rain day as we were supposed to have the kid’s birthday party in the evening. Luckily it worked and the sun came out. We had their horsey class in the morning. We knew it would be really muddy and I knew to have the kids prepared. I had the kids in their boots. Unfortunately I didn’t think about daddy and I. The mud was so bad around the area where the kids ride the horse. Luckily I found another mom that lent me her boots, I was so grateful. It was actually fun in the mud. The horse class was fun. They rode a horse name Mia who was very sweet. After class we had to run home to be here for when the bounce house arrived. The kids were so excited when the bounce house arrived; they were bouncing as soon as they could. We just spent the afternoon getting ready for the party. Unfortunately, A couple people weren’t able to come due to getting sick. Grandma/pa and Uncle Alan/Aunt Roberta and Cousin Tierney came over early. The kids opened their presents. Nicole got her Go Go Doll and she was just so excited. Justin got his parking garage. And they also got a membership to Pretend City. We are very fortunate and looking forward to lots of adventures at Pretend City. The kids played with their new toys for a bit but then we put them away as their friends started to arrive. The party was great. It was pretty mellow which was nice. The kids just all played with the toys. The play room was a huge mess but I figured it would be. So not a big deal. The kids had a great time bouncing together. Nicole and Justin couldn’t wait to do the cake. That morning they came with me to pick up their cake. Nikki picked out a Scooby Doo candle. Justin wanted one too but they only had one. Justin decided on Pooh, Tigger, and Honey Pots. Then when we saw Justin’s cake they didn’t have a truck on top of it. They had the Transformer robot but not it didn’t transform into a truck. I didn’t want to disappoint him. He only picked that cake for the truck. So we went down the toy aisle of the grocery store and found a truck to put on top. Luckily he liked this truck better. Nikki and her friend Sofi hung out together a lot during the night. Nikki and Jeremy played a lot too. Justin played with Jane. They had a tea party in Nikki’s room with water. Justin at one point just wanted to open presents; thats all he could concentrate on. The kids bopped the balloons and drew faces on them. The pizza’s came a bit earlier than expected but I guess better early than late. After dinner more playing then we did the cakes. While Bret and a friend were cutting the cakes I hid the plastic pumpkins with a friend. We hid them on the greenbelt. It was pretty dark and we didn’t remember exactly where we hid them. The kids all got their little flashlights and they were off to find pumpkins. It was really cute, so glad we did that. Nikki loved handing out the favors and saying thanks for coming. Justin still wanting to open presents. Nikki wore her Violet the Incredible costume. Justin kept on his regular clothes which was fine too. Dad’s costume was hysterical. Totally got everyone laughing. He couldn’t keep it on too long as it was hot and got in the way. Justin was kind of scared of it too. Overall it was a great party. Nikki’s favorite gift is Go Go and we can’t tell what Justin’s is. He has kind of gone from toy to toy, investigating everything. So far he has played mostly with the garage, remote control jeep, and lego’s. It took Bret and I a while to clean up last night. I didn’t take too many pics. Here are just a few:
